Tessa WORLEY

Historical Results

"Tess, La Puce" ("The Flea") on account of her diminutive frame. (Athlete, 10 Sep 2021; olympics.com)

Cooking, knitting, reading, wake surfing, spending time with friends, hiking, cycling, golfing, tennis. (Athlete, 10 Sep 2021)

Athlete, Sports soldier

No formal studies yet but recently completed a nutrition certification. (Athlete, 10 Sep 2021)

Father, Steven (Australian). Mother, Madeleine (French). Brother, Jonathan. Sisters, Isla and Hilary.

French, English

Armees Le Grand Bornand

National: Lionel Pellicier (FRA)

2004 FIS event in Tignes (Giant slalom - 32nd)
2006 World Cup in Ofterschwang (Giant slalom - 29th)

January 2020: After skiing with pain after a 2019 surgery on her right knee to do meniscus repair and remove a bone fragment, she underwent surgery again, ending her 2019/20 season. (Athlete, 10 Sep 2021; skiracing.com, 7 Jan 2020)

April 2019: Surgery to repair a meniscus and remove a bone fragment in her right knee. (Athlete, 10 Sep 2021; skiracing.com, 7 Jan 2020)

December 2018: Meniscus tear on her right knee but missed very little racing. (Athlete, 10 Sep 2021)

17 December 2013: Ruptured the anterior cruciate ligament in her right knee in the first run of a World Cup slalom in Courchevel, ending her 2013/14 season including a bid to compete at the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games. (Athlete, 10 Sep 2021)

2005

Her parents taught both her and her brother to ski at their family ski resort, Mt. Lyford in New Zealand, and at Le Grand Bornand in France. She took part in her first race at the age of five. “As a family, we lived for winter in the first seven years of my life. My brother Jonathan and I spent our childhood going back and forth between France and New Zealand. Until the age of seven, I did not know what summer was." (Info 2018; olympics.com; Athlete, 10 Sep 2021)

Her goal is to always evolve to get better than the day before, as well as knowing herself better as both an athlete and as a person. (Athlete, 10 Sep 2021)

Selected as an opening ceremony flagbearer for France at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games.

She is now training with more quality and less intensity with the feeling that only a few intense training sessions matter a lot. She is focusing on things that really matter to be more efficient with her age and her injuries. (Athlete, 10 Sep 2021)

In 2017 she won her second World Championship giant slalom gold, as well as claiming the World Cup Crystal Globe in giant slalom with five victories.

Watching Alpine skier Bode Miller (USA) and top racers from her home in le Grand Bornand. (Athlete, 10 Sep 2021)

Most influenced by her serviceman, her teammates, her coaches and watching the men train and race. (Athlete, 10 Sep 2021)

Work to get better every day. / You never lose, you either win or learn. / The key is pleasure. (Athlete, 10 Sep 2021)

L'Equipe's Champion des champions (2017). (Info 2018)